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Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs_repair: force not-so-bad bmbt blocks back through

To: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs_repair: force not-so-bad bmbt blocks back through the verifier
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:59:43 -0700
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <20150826005447.GS714@dastard>
References: <20150826003220.23973.59731.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20150826003305.23973.65768.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20150826005447.GS714@dastard>
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:54:47AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 05:33:05PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > If during prefetch we encounter a bmbt block that fails the CRC check
> > due to corruption in the unused part of the block, force the buffer
> > back through the non-prefetch verifiers later so that the CRC is
> > updated.  Otherwise, the bad checksum goes unfixed and the kernel will
> > still flag the bmbt block as invalid.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  repair/prefetch.c |    8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > 
> > diff --git a/repair/prefetch.c b/repair/prefetch.c
> > index 1de3ec0..77d29c8 100644
> > --- a/repair/prefetch.c
> > +++ b/repair/prefetch.c
> > @@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ pf_scan_lbtree(
> >  
> >     XFS_BUF_SET_PRIORITY(bp, isadir ? B_DIR_BMAP : B_BMAP);
> >  
> > +   /*
> > +    * Make this bmbt buffer go back through the verifiers later so that
> > +    * we correct checksum errors stemming from bitflips in the unused
> > +    * parts of the bmbt block.
> > +    */
> > +   if (bp->b_error == -EFSBADCRC)
> > +           bp->b_flags |= LIBXFS_B_UNCHECKED;
> 
> This is because the next read of the buffer clears bp->b_error,
> right?
> 
> So, while I think this is necessary, I also think the prefetch on
> this btree should stop as we can't trust the contents of the buffer
> to be correct. Hence I'd suggest that:
> 
>       /*
>        * If the verfier flagged a problem with the buffer, we
>        * can't trust it's contents for the purposes of readahead.
>        * Stop prefetching the tree, and mark this buffer as
>        * unchecked so that the next read of the buffer by the
>        * repair code will retain the error status and hence be
>        * acted on appropriately.
>        */
>       if (bp->b_error) {
>               bp->b_flags |= LIBXFS_B_UNCHECKED;
>               libxfs_putbuf(bp);
>               return 0;
>       }

Ok, I'll change it to stop prefetch on the bmapbt.

--D

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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